zeņķis
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German sönke (“son (dim.”) (also sänke), borrowed in parallel to zēns from the non-diminutive form söhn, sȫne.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]zeņķis m (2nd declension)
- (colloquial) boy (male child, especially of school age; also, male adolescent)
- viņa priekšā izauga apaļīgs puišelis, tēva pusdrauga Zigmāra dēls... “Ikar, pagaidi!” sauca zeņķis ― in front of him (there) appeared a round (= plump) little boy, the son of an acquaintance of father's, Zigmārs... “Ikars, wait!” the boy shouted
- (colloquial) young man, guy
- tos zeņķus gan tu, Matīs, esi pagalam nomocījis ― those guys, Matīs, you have really harassed them
Declension
[edit]Declension of zeņķis (2nd declension)
Synonyms
[edit]- (of "male child"): puika, puisēns, puisītis, zēns
- (of "young man"): jaunietis, jauneklis, puika, puisis
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “of "male child"”): meitene, meitenīte, skuķēns
- (antonym(s) of “of "young man"”): meita, meitene, skuķis, skuķe
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zēns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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